Results have been calculated for the 2nd Annual Pawnee Pioneer Open. Congratulations go out to all the contest flyers, volunteer timers and range assistants for their help in making this another successful, safe and fun NCR sponsored NAR sanctioned event. Registered competitors from CRASH and NCR flew in five different duration events – B Boost Glider, B Parachute, C Streamer, C Single Eggloft and D Dual Eggloft. Five of the fifteen First Place trophies went home to NCR members Ryan Plattner ( A Div. C Streamer), Ron Dreasher (C Div. B Parachute) and Mike Konshak (C Div. C Streamer, C Single Eggloft and D Dual Eggloft). The only B Division competitor, Emmett Nielsen, won four of the five events but unfortunately did not have a qualifying flight in the D Dual Eggloft. And Reiley Edmands took home three A Division awards – B Parachute, B Boost Glider and C Single Eggloft. Teams “Unintentional Artillery” and “Violent Deconstruction” won the A Division and B Division D Dual Eggloft events.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

My thanks to Joe for putting on a great event. Here's the really cool trophies he came up (at least from my loot). They are proudly displayed in my office. The NCR participant medalions were also a very nice treat to get.

Mike, you finally got your trophies! Way to go! Next year, you and me... on the battle, uh, flight field. 😉

Mike, you finally got your trophies! Way to go! Next year, you and me... on the battle, uh, flight field. 😉

I'm sure if you were there, these would have gone to you. We were all dissapointed that you couldn't make it. FYI here's the actual point breakdown that appeared in a status report on the CRASH emails from Russ Anthony. Please note that although I am also a member of C.R.A.S.H. my allegiance is with NCR and my point standings on the NAR page should reflect that as well.

Here are the results for the Pawnee Pioneer Open (A regional event for the 1st time.)

Daniel and Ryan Anthony-Ceres formed a team T-668 called Unintentional Artillery,while Russ Anthony and Todd Edmands competed against them as T-803 called Violent Deconstruction. As usual, youth won out over experience. T-668 racked up 1992 points total for the overall highest amount of points in the contest.

Reiley Edmands won A division with 1122 points, but DQ'd the big D Dual Eggloft event. Emmett Nielsen competed against A division without any other B competitors and came away with 1362 points. Our own Mike Konshak ruled C division with 1956 points but chose to fly for NCR. (Probably a good thing, otherwise CRASH would have taken almost all the trophies.)

For those of you that missed it, it was awesome sunny weather in the 70's with very little wind. At times we had single deployment H and I rockets floating down within the launch areas.

Here are the individual flights. For this contest, only one flight per event was allowed since it was a one day regional. DED - D Dual Eggloft Duration, C ELD - C Eggloft Duration, B PD - B parachute Duration, C SD - C streamer Duration, B BG - B Boost Glider duration (All times listed in seconds)

2 flights: Mike Konshak's and Rick McDonald's B PD were qualified flight points only since they couldn't return the rockets. Both flights were over 6 minutes, with Mike's over 14 minutes. [ 👿 Damn them thermals! I walked two miles after it and drove another 10 looking for it - it was still rising]
All times are listed in seconds.
NF means they didn't fly the event.
Qual means flight points (24) only for a qualified flight but no return.

Competitor_________DED__CELD__BPD__CSD__BBG

A division
Reiley Edmands _____DQ____40____85____52____33
Nathan Plattner______NF____NF____NF____27____NF
Ryan Plattner _______NF____NF____NF____55____NF

B Division
Emmett Nielsen ______DQ____50___143___100____29

C Division
Mike Konshak ________52____55__Qual___167____49
Ron Dreasher ________46____15____86____50____NF
Rick McDonald _______DQ____47__Qual____79____62
Joe Hinton ___________NF____NF____25____48____NF

Team Division
T-803 Violent________128____67____93___189____46
T-668 Unintentional___201____66____85___176___230

I will not be at the next CRASH launch, due to competing in WSSR (Alamogordo), [ 8) Mike and Becky will be there too!] but Todd Edmands has trophies for the CRASH winners. A big thanks to NCR and especially Joe Hinton for putting on a small, but great contest. Joe Hinton did everything from buying eggs, having trophies on hand, launching rockets, and grilling free lunch for anyone there! The guy is amazing. We are planning on another contest next year, and I'd love to see more of you and more NCR participation.

Russ

I'm sure if you were there, these would have gone to you.

Don't be so sure about that... you give me something to shoot for now. You set the bar, and we'll both--and others--go for it next year. I'm glad to see that Ryan Plattner got a trophy, too. Very cool!

Okay so start thinking about the appropriate events for next year. Until NAR accepts altimeters for altitude shots, we'll stick to duration events. WF needs to add up to, not over, 80 for a regional. Toss out some ideas and let's get it planned early on. Thanks.

Joe, definitely do at least one egg duration and a BG event. Why? They're fun, plus I want to rebuild my NARAM-11 winning glider. See if I still have what it takes... from 39 years ago, next year it'll be 40. 😯 Already have most of the parts. I'll check the book of pinkness and think about it.

8) I like the giant scale! I won this class 2 weeks ago in Utah! 8)

8) I like the giant scale! I won this class 2 weeks ago in Utah! 8)

Was that a NAR event? I'd like to see your entry. I built a sport scale for DARS 308 in texas, but I am terrible at detailing.

My preference is to have events that gets the most folks flying.